Are you looking for your next job in tech? Join this free, half-day workshop with industry experts who will help you find your next opportunity. Sessions will include:

• Optimizing your personal branding on LinkedIn
• Applying, interviewing, and negotiating your next job
• How to work with recruiting agencies, the gatekeepers to many tech jobs
• Building a consulting practice as a side hustle or full-time gig.

Who should attend:
Anyone currently seeking a job in the tech sector.

About the Host Sponsor (Civic Hall)

Civic Hall's mission is to foster innovation, education, and collaboration in New York City’s tech economy with a commitment to expanding opportunities for all. Located in the heart of the NYC tech community at Union Square, Civic Hall is a new 65,000-square-foot learning and training center at the new state-of-the-art Zero Irving building.

About the Organizers (Lynx Collective)

Andrew and Dorothy Chang, veterans of the tech/startup world, are co-founders of Lynx Collective, a community for tech startup founders and operators. For more startup events and insights, subscribe to Early Stage, our newsletter.

AGENDA

2:00 - 2:15 pm - Check-in

2:15 - 2:30 pm - Kick off (Hosts Andrew Chang & Dorothy Chang - Lynx Collective)

2:30 - 3:15 pm - Optimizing Your Professional Brand on LinkedIn (Katie Fogarty - Reboot Group, CEO)

3:15 - 4:15 pm - The Six Steps To Land a Better Job Quickly, Confidently, and With Lots More Money (Alan Stein - Kadima Careers, CEO)

4:15 - 4:30 pm - BREAK

4:30 - 5:00 pm - How to Leverage Relationships with Recruiting Agencies (Neil Wittensleger - Bamboo Crowd, Partner, Tech recruiter)

5:00 - 5:45 pm - How to build a side consulting practice as a side hustle or full-time business (Mike Wilner - Upside, CEO)

Generative AI is rapidly changing the methodology, implementation, and effectiveness of conversational AI, customer experiences.

Having founded three analytics platforms and analyzed more than 90 billion chatbot and voice bot messages, Arte will discuss how to leverage insights in Generative AI to optimize the customer journey.

You'll learn:

1. how to choose an LLM
2. How to design a great chatbot experience using Gen AI
3. How to measure and optimize Gen AI applications

Event Schedule (EDT Time Zone):

5:55 PM Early open for Zoom setup/etc
6:00 PM Bots and AI Kickoff / Speaker Introductions
6:03 PM Arte Merritt - The Role of Analytics in Generative AI

Speaker Bio:
Arte Merritt, Founder, Reconify
Arte Merritt is the founder of Reconify, a platform for analyzing and optimizing generative AI. Previously, he led Conversational AI partnerships at AWS. He was the co-founder and CEO of Dashbot, an analytics platform for chatbots and voice assistants, which he led to 20,000 customers, 90 billion messages processed, and multiple acquisition offers. He is a frequent author and speaker on conversational AI and data insights. Previously, he founded Motally, a mobile analytics platform he sold to Nokia. Arte is an MIT alum.

Get a rare look into how startup investments are made, from the perspectives of both the investor and founder.

Lynx Collective will interview both Equal Ventures' Chelsea Zhang and one of their portfolio company founders, Julia Tolmachyov (Co-Founder, DayZero). We'll hear from both their perspectives about how Equal Ventures led the pre-seed investment round of DayZero.

Equal Ventures is a $200M seed fund that partners with founders to deploy technology within legacy industries, including climate, insurance, retail, and supply chain.

This event is available in-person for tech startup founders only. After the session, everyone will have an opportunity to network with beer/wine/water/soda provided.

Priority access will be given to Lynx Collective members.

Anyone is welcome to view a recording of the session; please sign up for the 'video recording only' ticket type.

We're lucky to have Brex as our host sponsor in their beautiful NYC offices. Brex provides full-stack financial software for startups to post-IPO companies.

In this webinar, we explore the concepts of inclusion and belonging as a foundation for understanding what it means to create an inclusive culture in the workplace. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn: 

• What an inclusive workplace culture is 
• What barriers exist to creating and supporting an inclusive culture 
• How you can begin to move towards creating an inclusive culture at your organization 

This webinar is for you if you: 

• Want to boost team collaboration, innovation, and employee engagement 
• Believe that everyone deserves to feel valued and heard 
• Are ready to take action and create a workplace where everyone thrives

You’ll receive 1 SHRM professional development credit for attending this webinar.

About the Facilitator:

Felicia Jadczak, she/her/hers, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, & Head of DEI Programming

Felicia is Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Head of DEI Programming at She+ Geeks Out. Felicia is a recognized speaker and consultant in the diversity, equity, and inclusion field. She has extensive and personal experience with leadership, innovation, women in the workforce, the multiracial experience, and disability. Prior to co-founding SGO, she worked in the technology industry for over ten years, providing strategic guidance and programming for ERGs, DEI councils, and C-suite members. In 2016, she pivoted to focus solely on She+ Geeks Out, where she oversees SGO’s DEI programming and facilitation team.

Ever wonder how to create a more gender-inclusive and gender-affirming workplace for everyone? Join us for our new Beyond the Binary Workshop! In this workshop, we’ll break down commonly used terminology, explore the diverse spectrum of gender identities and expressions, and challenge the binary thinking that often exists when we discuss gender. 

Through interactive exercises and discussions, you’ll: 

• Learn key terms and understand their nuances, ensuring respectful communication and avoiding harmful assumptions. 
• Deepen your knowledge of the difference between sex and gender, explore the spectrum of gender identities, and challenge common misconceptions. 
• Identify how LGBTQIA+ bias manifests in the workplace and develop strategies to combat it proactively. 
• Begin to build an action plan with tangible steps to advocate for your colleagues and create an inclusive work environment.

You’ll receive 2 SHRM professional development credits for participating in this webinar.

About the Facilitator:

Felicia Jadczak, she/her/hers, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, & Head of DEI Programming

Felicia is Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Head of DEI Programming at She+ Geeks Out. Felicia is a recognized speaker and consultant in the diversity, equity, and inclusion field. She has extensive and personal experience with leadership, innovation, women in the workforce, the multiracial experience, and disability. Prior to co-founding SGO, she worked in the technology industry for over ten years, providing strategic guidance and programming for ERGs, DEI councils, and C-suite members. In 2016, she pivoted to focus solely on She+ Geeks Out, where she oversees SGO’s DEI programming and facilitation team.

This month's NY Tech Meetup will be taking place on Monday, May 13 at Civic Hall Union Square focused on Disability Tech. The event is being put on in partnership with the Perkins School for the Blind, the Howe Innovation Center, and Give Beauty Wings. 

Details about the meetup including demoer information will be provided closer to the meetup date.

When: Monday, May 13, 2024 at 6:00pm ET (Doors Open) 
Where: Civic Hall Union Square, 124 E 14th Street (@Irving Place by Union Square)

Program:
6:00 PM - Doors Open
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Welcome and Tech Demos
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM - After Party & Networking

About NY Tech Meetup

NYTM is our signature event that has been a staple for the NYC tech ecosystem since 2004. It's the world’s largest meetup group of its kind with members who have a common interest in learning from and helping one another. At each event, entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs, and their teams demo cutting edge and transformative tech, answer questions from attendees and network with all in a welcoming, fun-filled space. Since its creation, over 1,000 companies have participated and have been a driving force of innovation and job creation in NYC and the greater NY area.

This event is a perfect place to start if you are new to tech, to New York City, or to the New York tech ecosystem.  It’s all about meeting people and having a "front row seat" to learn of the latest innovations that address market opportunities.

DeveloperWeek Management 2024 – is the premier conference & expo for engineering managers, dev team leads, and technical executives (VP, Director, CTO, CXO). Join 500+ Onsite & 1,000+ virtual attendees for a fully immersive education and innovation experience, where you can learn & gain insights from top engineering leaders about team management, best practices, and developer tools & technology decision-making.

With a fully immersive experience, we're bringing you: 6+ tracks, 40+ speakers, technical keynotes, a live Expo with 20+ technologies & tools, product demos, and more.

Past Speakers include leaders from IBM, VMware, AWS, Stack Overflow, Wix.com, Lucid Software, Turing, New York Times, LinearB, Foursquare, MariaDB, and many more.

AI Dev Summit is the world’s largest artificial intelligence dev event with tracks covering chatbots, machine learning, open source AI libraries, AI for the enterprise, and deep AI / neural networks. This conference targets software engineers and data scientists who are looking for an introduction to AI as well as AI dev professionals looking for a landscape view on the newest AI technologies.

With a fully immersive experience, we're bringing you: 12+ tracks, 40+ speakers, technical keynotes, a live Expo with 20+ technologies & tools, product demos, and more.

DeveloperWeek Europe connects 3,000+ engineering professionals and technical practitioners & leaders from across Europe.

Come join us as the community gathers for two days of education, software best practices, and networking -- an all-virtual conference with 9+ tracks, a 2-day Virtual Expo and more.

DeveloperWeek Europe is the premier developer & software engineering event for Europe, with 3,000+ developers, engineers, software architects, dev managers, IT professionals, and technical executives gathering (online in 2024) for learning best practices & the newest trends, making connections, and uniting the global developer community.

We'll feature 9+ Conferences & Tracks covering:

• API & Microservices
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• Blockchain & Fintech
• Containers & Kubernetes
• DevOps & Security
• JavaScript
• Cloud, Data & Digital Transformation
• New Programming Languages & Platforms
• Tech Trends Europe
• DevExec World & the DevLead Conference (for managers, team leads, VPs & CTOs)

With 2 days of cutting-edge sessions and technical workshop tracks, we cover the newest innovations in engineering best practices.